Biography
Jean-Claude Dauphin (né Legrand; born 16 March 1948) is a French actor who is primarily known for national movie productions in France. He is a uncle to American actors Griffin Newman and James Newman as well as to chef Romilly Newman. He is the son of actor Claude Dauphin and actress Maria Mauban, the grand-son of the poet Maurice Étienne Legrand and nephew host Jean Nohain, his father's brother. At Lycée Paul-Valéry in Paris, he studied in the class of Latinist Bernard Mortureux, a specialist in Seneca. His debut, in 1968, in Adolphe ou l'Âge tendre (Adolphe or the tender Age), directed by Bernard Toublanc-Michel, made him famo In 1969, he plays Claude Jade's fiancé in The Witness. At the time, Claude Jade and Jean-Claude Dauphin were a couple. Jade later wrote in her autobiography Baisers envolés: "He was charming, funny, intelligent, and I was not long in going out with him. With our fair complexion and fine features, we could have played a brother and a sister." Gérard Blain hired him in 1970 for The Friends, a gay romance which won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival, and in 1972 Bernard Paul gave him the lead role alongside Dominique Labourier …
Movies & TV Shows
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LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2009) — Minister
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Don't Die Too Hard! (2001) — The Commissioner
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) — Swiss editor
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Choice of Arms (1981) — Ricky
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Nuit d'ivresse (1986) — 2nd Policeman
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The Second Wind (2007) — Jacques
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Dracula and Son (1976) — Cristéa/Christian
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Six-Pack (2000) — Fouquier
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The School of Flesh (1998) — Louis-Guy
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Maigret (1991) — Le maire Grandmaison
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Why Not Me? (1998) — Alain
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The Last Bolshevik (1994) — Self (voice)
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Murders in... (2013) — Franck Keller
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The Suspects (1974) — Christian Solnes, the singer
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La Mandarine (1972) — Alain
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The Friends (1971) — Nicolas
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Au bon beurre (1981) — Léon Lécuyer
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L'amour propre ne le reste jamais très longtemps (1985) — Gautier
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Murder In La Rochefoucauld (2019) — Duc Thibaut de l'Essile
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Chance and Violence (1974) — Gilbert Morgan
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Un mauvais garçon (2020) — Yves Fontanelle
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The Passenger (2015) — Général Garsac
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What a Flash! (1972)
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Netchayev is Back (1991) — Philippe Martel
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Spécial police (1985) — Durand
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Police Commissioner Moulin (1976) — Bernard Deffoux
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Claudine (1978) — Armand Duplessis
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Tender Souls (2001) — Père de Claire et Emilie
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Sarah (1983) — Senechal
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Chez Maupassant (2007) — Chenal âgé
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Adresse Inconnue (2008) — Stéphane Weber
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Champagne Charlie (1989) — Ernest
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Brother and Sister (2012) — George Armant
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Georges Bataille - À perte de vue (1997) — Narrator (voice)
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Yiddish Connection (1986) — Toussaint
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Last Exit Before Roissy (1977) — Jean-Yves, le sous-directeur du Prisunic
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The Tender Age (1968) — Henri Adolphe
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Le sourire du clown (1999) — Vogel
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Samson le magnifique (1995) — Le Govain
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Accusé Mendès France (2011) — Maître Fonlupt